P. J. E. Peebles is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the author of Principles of Physical Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics, and Physical Cosmology (all Princeton). He is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University.
James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cosmology and Astronomy, Association of American Publishers It's hard to imagine anyone better placed to recount the inside story of modern cosmology. . . . For anyone seriously interested in the ways of science and how we came to understand our place in the Universe, this is essential reading. ---Giles Sparrow, BBC Sky at Night Magazine As expected, the quality is top-notch. . . . [Cosmology's Century] is also very well written. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the first hundred years of modern cosmology. ---Phillip Helbig, The Observatory